This week, a top official announced that Nigeria wants to begin busing roughly 3,000 of its citizens, largely students, out of Sudan and into Egypt.
As combat between forces loyal to two competing generals rages into a second week, other nations are scrambling to get their citizens out of Sudan.
Special forces and military aircraft from Western countries have been sent to assist in evacuating embassy personnel and other people. Others have driven out from the capital Khartoum.
According to Onimode Bandele, special responsibilities director for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, the goal was to relocate between 2,650 and 2,800 people, including embassy staff members' families.
He stated, "Nobody has yet been evacuated." Tomorrow morning, buses are expected to begin operating.
Approximately 5,000 Nigerian nationals, according to officials, may be in need of evacuation.
According to UN agencies, at least 427 people have died and more than 3,700 have been injured since hostilities started.
Additionally, they reported civilians from Sudan escaping conflict zones and heading to South Sudan, Egypt, and Chad.
